Mechanical Engineer salary in Wichita, KS

Based on 52 certified H-1B filings in the Wichita, KS metro area, FY2025–FY2026. Includes Hesston, Maize, Andover, Conway Springs, Derby.

Also listed as: Mechanical Design Engineer

Median salary$86,392
Middle 50%$82.3k–$102.7k
vs. national median−20%comparison median $108,000
Filings52FY2025–FY2026 · latest two fiscal years

Salary range

Box: middle 50% of filings. Whiskers: 10th–90th percentile. 99% of filings are between $65,707 and $150,715.
PercentileSalary
10th$70,477
25th$82,287
50th (median)$86,392
75th$102,666
90th$114,502

Salary by year

Median salary

$60k $80k $100k FY2020: median $70,000 (23 filings) FY2021: median $87,027 (13 filings) FY2022: median $73,403 (27 filings) FY2023: median $82,160 (14 filings) FY2024: median $72,800 (11 filings) FY2025: median $87,870 (30 filings) FY2026: median $86,392 (22 filings) FY20 FY21 FY22 FY23 FY24 FY25 FY26

Filings per year

FY2020: 23 filings FY20 FY2021: 13 filings FY21 FY2022: 27 filings FY22 FY2023: 14 filings FY23 FY2024: 11 filings FY24 FY2025: 30 filings FY25 FY2026: 22 filings FY26 30
Shaded: FY2025–FY2026, the years behind the figures above. Median shown for years with at least 10 filings. FY2026 covers Q1–Q3 only.
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Fiscal yearMedianP25P75Filings
FY2020$70,000$63,500$75,44723
FY2021$87,027$73,500$98,34213
FY2022$73,403$68,724$86,19227
FY2023$82,160$75,378$95,59714
FY2024$72,800$69,500$99,20211
FY2025$87,870$78,656$98,62930
FY2026$86,392$82,917$107,46322

Cost of living

Wichita's median Mechanical Engineer salary of $86,392 is worth about $97,100 at national average prices.

Source: BEA Regional Price Parities, 2024 (U.S. = 100; Wichita = 88.9).

Compared with all workers here

All Mechanical Engineers in the Wichita, KS area earned a median of $94,610 in May 2025 (800 employed). The H-1B median here is $86,392, 9% lower.

Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, OEWS metropolitan area estimates. BLS wages include some incentive pay; H-1B figures are base salary.

Top employers filing

EmployerMedianFilings
Jc Residential And Light Commercial$90,73012
MASE Insightstoo few4
Airbus Americastoo few3
Infosystoo few2
Tech Mahindratoo few2
Aerosapien Technologiestoo few2
Agcotoo few2
Artimindstoo few2
CNH Industrial Americatoo few2
Invision Global Techtoo few2

Employers with at least 2 filings here. Median shown at 10+ filings.

By experience level

Wage levelMedianFilings
Entry-level · Level I too few 5
Mid-level · Level II $82,722 24
Senior · Level III $95,507 14
Expert · Level IV too few 3

Median shown when a level has at least 10 filings.

Minimum H-1B salary by level

Wage levelPrevailing wage (most common)Median offered salaryFilings
Mid-level · Level II$82,722$82,72224
Senior · Level III$90,730$95,50714

The prevailing wage is the minimum an employer must pay for this job and area. Amounts vary by county within a metro and by wage source.